Security and minimal templates

[parulin]

You will find answers here:

Minimizing Minimal Temlpates

I’d like to start off by saying that I am appreciative of Qubes devs and the effort they put into the project. While I do have my criticisms, please understand that they are intended as constructive feedback/requests, not a complaint. With that said, I’ve been using minimal templates for a while now, and I wish they were lighter. When I hear “minimal template,” I think of a template that has the bare minimum to 1) turn on, 2) interact with salt (i.e. salt minion setup), and 3) run a shell via X…

In short: nothing is removed, it’s just not added.

@qEawma5f

It seems that minimalism was chosen over security in this case.

That’s why we call them minimal templates

As far as I understand, the templates in general are not particularly more secure, it’s a standard fedora or debian system with a few packages installed in order to get a nice experience on Qubes OS.